SMHC Ladies’s Well being serves feminine sufferers of all ages with dignity, respect and professional care. Our trendy gynecology and obstetrics apply believes in affected person training and we’re dedicated to educating each our sufferers and the group. Companies embrace:
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I’m an obstetrician- gynecologist. I initially gravitated in direction of medication as a highschool scholar pushed by a fundamental curiosity in surgical procedure and science. My subsequent training and expertise launched me to the broad public well being challenges and advantages related to entry to complete household planning providers, most cancers screening, in addition to secure, efficient, and effectively knowledgeable obstetrical and gynecologic care globally in Haiti and Peru and regionally right here in Maine. I obtained a bachelor’s diploma in chemistry and briefly thought that I might be a medical researcher, however I grew to become an increasing number of passionate concerning the social justice values surrounding reproductive well being and knew that changing into a doctor and dealing with sufferers could be probably the most fulfilling life plan. Inside the OB/GYN specialty, my pursuits stay broad and contain household planning, infertility, obstetrical care, in addition to medical and surgical care of different gynecologic considerations equivalent to vulvar and cervical dysplasia, pelvic ache, fibroids, and prolapse. Whatever the motive for caring for a affected person, I consider that of utmost significance most is listening fastidiously and offering correct data to empower individuals to make considerate selections about their our bodies. Whereas not at work, you could discover me downeast navigating a sailboat via the fog, gardening, touring, or operating.
I grew up within the Midwest and had my first encounter working with a PA whereas within the army proper out of highschool. I served within the US Military from 1990-2000 as a medic (Energetic Responsibility in Germany x 2yrs & Florida Nationwide Guard x 8yrs). After finishing PA college in 2003 at Barry College in Miami, I labored at Bridgeport Hospital and one in all their group well being clinics in CT for practically 8 years. And determined to maneuver to Southern Maine to be nearer to my husband’s household. My husband can be a PA, my daughter is a cosmetologist and we have now an athletic teenaged boy in highschool. We’re very energetic in our group’s sporting occasions, you’ll possible see me volunteering within the Snack Shack or shifting the “Chains” on the soccer subject. I take satisfaction and really feel extraordinarily privileged to be working in ob/gyn. Ladies’s well being points will be very private and delicate and I don’t take that evenly. I concentrate on surgical aiding, contraception counseling, adolescent/younger grownup gynecology and obstetrics care.
I by no means thought I might discover a profession in Ladies’s Well being, however I had some nice function fashions in medical college that mad it apparent that this was the place I belonged. I got here to medication a little bit later in life and my life expertise has given me extra perception. I don’t have a particular focus to my apply which is what retains my coming to work day by day attention-grabbing. From delivering infants, to contraception, to surgical interventions – it’s a privilege to care for ladies in any respect phases of their lives, and I’m honored to have an effect on them and their households. When not within the workplace, you could discover me at any of the fabulous breweries in Maine, on a disc golf course, or on the Peloton leaderboard (#abouttime).
Most frequently sufferers will let you know what’s incorrect with them, if you happen to simply pay attention.” That quote resonated with me since I first heard it throughout a medical internship I did as a university freshman, and after a few years in medical apply I feel it nonetheless rings true. Along with listening fastidiously, I wish to work with sufferers to establish their targets and what’s most significant to them. My model is to be respectful however easy, explaining prognosis and therapy choices in a method that’s easy and clear to sufferers. Along with obstetric care, I’ve an curiosity in administration of incontinence in addition to minimally invasive hysterectomy. It’s rewarding to have the ability to affect the standard of my sufferers’ lives in significant methods. I’ve additionally been concerned in management roles with MaineHealth and the Maine Chapter of the American Faculty of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Early in my medical profession I grew to become concerned about making an attempt to enhance the healthcare system throughout the board, not simply in my very own workplace. Outdoors of labor I’ve many hobbies equivalent to climbing, biking, pictures, cooking, and spending time with my household. My spouse is a pediatrician with Southern Maine Well being Care, and we have now two teenage youngsters and three canine.
I get requested often why I selected a profession in Ladies’s Well being. Throughout my freshman 12 months of school in a pharmacy program I used to be taking a psychology class that offered a case with a lady fighting infertility. I discovered this case so attention-grabbing I began to study extra about infertility and ladies’s well being usually. Inside a couple of weeks I talked with my mother and father and my advisor as I used to be decided to change to a premedical program with the intention to turn into an OB/GYN. Throughout medical college I saved an open thoughts however discovered my pursuits constantly had been round ladies’s well being. Over the previous couple of years I’ve discovered that my pursuits are targeted on obstetrics and administration of high-risk obstetrical sufferers in addition to infertility and preventative care. I benefit from the continuity of care throughout being pregnant and with seeing sufferers for routine annual examinations. I recognize guiding sufferers via the conventional transitions of life together with adolescence to menopause. I really like studying about my sufferers past their medical historical past and desires. I’m an enormous believer in meals as medication and the results of life-style on our general well being. Outdoors of labor I really like climbing, biking, balanced with cooking and experiencing new eating places. I’m additionally often within the midst of a house DIY undertaking. I’ve a really supportive husband and a spirited daughter in addition to a canine and a dozen chickens!
The perfect recommendation I ever obtained was from my Dad who stated, “It doesn’t matter what you do for work, simply ensure you love what you do”. He was an lawyer who labored lengthy hours and easily beloved his life. I’ve had the distinction of training Obstetrics and Gynecology for over 30 years. It has been a real pleasure. I’ve loved seeing infants I’ve delivered develop into youngsters, then younger ladies after which moms themselves. I’ve been blessed to look after as much as 4 generations of ladies in households. I consider that listening to a lady’s story will at all times lead down the proper path. Connecting to sufferers makes this job so rewarding. I proceed to develop and study from every affected person. I see my function as educating ladies on their choices, for no matter well being challenge they face, after which offering one of the best care attainable for every particular person. Outdoors of labor I’ve an exquisite husband, a doctor as effectively, who retains me grounded. Two grown youngsters, who’re forging forward with their lives, one in public well being and the opposite an educator. And to maintain me busy there’s at all times a canine at my facet for lengthy walks on the seaside, hikes within the woods or just cuddling whereas I learn on a wet day.
I grew up in southern Maine and have had the privilege of working at SMHC since 2009. I really like attending to know my sufferers and supporting them via lots of their lives’ largest transitions. I consider that sufferers are crucial member of the healthcare group, and I attempt to spend time attending to know them as people. Listening to every affected person’s story is the muse to offering them one of the best care, and that is the place I at all times like to begin. In my free time I maintain busy with my three youngsters and husband, having fun with the Maine outside. I like to journey and am concerned in medical aid work in each India and Nigeria.
I began out my profession path planning to be a scientist, nonetheless after working in a lab for a pair years, I spotted that I wanted a job with extra human contact. I switched to pursuing medication and have by no means regretted it. I used to be drawn to Ladies’s Well being due to the variability it presents: attending to know sufferers via their yearly visits, performing surgical procedure, and delivering infants. I get pleasure from serving to ladies via the distinctive conditions and challenges that they face from adolescence to childbearing to menopause and every part in between. My areas of medical curiosity embrace minimally invasive surgical procedure, pelvic ache, pelvic prolapse, and incontinence in addition to prenatal care. I attempt to find out about my sufferers’ lives in order that I can see them as entire people and assist them make healthcare selections primarily based on their very own distinctive conditions. Serving to my sufferers work via their well being points and are available out in a greater place provides me nice satisfaction and delivering infants by no means will get outdated! When I’m not caring for my sufferers at work, you’ll discover me caring for issues at residence together with my three youngsters, cats, chickens, and vegetable backyard.
Whereas attending medical college in Washington, DC I used to be shocked to find how a lot I loved my OB/GYN rotation. Not solely had been the suppliers and employees a few of the most pleasant and supportive individuals I’ve labored with, however this explicit subject of drugs permits a connection – a relationship – with sufferers that may’t be matched. I’ve by no means as soon as regretted making the choice to commit my profession to ladies’s well being. Over time I’ve been lucky to affiliate with; and likewise work with; some very completed and notable consultants in our subject. By means of my important expertise I’ve been repeatedly reminded how vital it’s to not solely stay updated with the most recent advances in ladies’s well being but additionally to take the time to pay attention and perceive the person wants of every affected person. I’m particularly blissful that circumstances finally developed that allowed me to return to my native New England to apply. I really feel blessed to work in a setting that helps my philosophy of care that’s primarily based on a basis of belief that comes from constant professionalism and respect. This enables the supplier and affected person to work collectively as an efficient group to handle her explicit wants.
